Gambling

Mark Hawthorne, Ruth Williams
The competition regulator is investigating an alleged secret proposal by James Packer to keep his Crown casino empire out of Brisbane if the executives of Echo Entertainment, owner of the Star,...

Mark Hawthorne, Benjamin Preiss
The anti-coal campaigner who temporarily wiped more than $314 million off the value of Whitehaven Coal with a hoax email has been charged after an investigation by the corporate regulator.

Mark Hawthorne and Benjamin Preiss
The anti-coal campaigner who temporarily wiped more than $314 million off the value of Whitehaven Coal with a hoax email has been charged after an investigation by the corporate regulator.

Offshoring

Clancy Yeates and Mark Hawthorne
ANZ has become the latest big Australian company to send more jobs overseas, replacing 70 call-centre jobs with positions in New Zealand as part of attempts to bolster profit through cost-cutting.

Mark Hawthorne, Chris Vedelago
The 36-year relationship between Australian cricket and the Nine Network is in danger of splitting after the sport's ruling body launched legal action against the station.

Trading

Mark Hawthorne
It may go down as one of the great currency bets in Australian dollar history - a $US1 billion gamble on a Reserve Bank rate cut that has delivered a $US19 million ($18.65 million) profit in 36 hours.